This is a fun episode with more 'squeaks' than you can poke a microphone at. 'Meticulous?'..... squeak!

However one thing has been bugging me. Given that the Ortega could only fly blind after it was repaired, why didn't someone suggest that the Liberator 'tow' or lead the Ortega to Destiny? They could fly at the Ortega's top speed and the Liberator could scan for any trouble, enscure a clear run AND the crew of the Ortega wouldn't have to have given up their precious cargo._________________As I was saying, we all have to learn to live with disappointment

This is a fun episode with more 'squeaks' than you can poke a microphone at. 'Meticulous?'..... squeak!

However one thing has been bugging me. Given that the Ortega could only fly blind after it was repaired, why didn't someone suggest that the Liberator 'tow' or lead the Ortega to Destiny? They could fly at the Ortega's top speed and the Liberator could scan for any trouble, enscure a clear run AND the crew of the Ortega wouldn't have to have given up their precious cargo.

Because Terry Nation was very tired by that point!! _________________Everything in life is only for now.

This is a fun episode with more 'squeaks' than you can poke a microphone at. 'Meticulous?'..... squeak!

However one thing has been bugging me. Given that the Ortega could only fly blind after it was repaired, why didn't someone suggest that the Liberator 'tow' or lead the Ortega to Destiny? They could fly at the Ortega's top speed and the Liberator could scan for any trouble, enscure a clear run AND the crew of the Ortega wouldn't have to have given up their precious cargo.

I think I've mentioned this before, but I never felt the design on this episode did the script justice. The set are horrible flats and the costumes are very generic too. I would much rather this episode had had the sameart deco as the similarly themed Robots of Death._________________Everything in life is only for now.

I accidentally started another thread with the above post... So I've re-posted it on here and then this was Thunda's response from t'other thread:

thunda wrote:

I agree, Futsie, Sonheim does seem to have "spoiled grapes" syndrome . I thought it a bit odd for Blake to even pose the question the way he did, when he didn't ask Grovane if anyone saw him in the communications room.
"I was in the communications center trying to make repairs. I remember feeling very drowsy, that's about all. And my name's Grovane. [shrugs] That's all."

Also, I've always wondered why Blake went to the trouble of teleporting back to the Destiny ship and rigging an explosive charge instead of just having Liberator destroy the hostile craft. Kendall stated how the cost of the neutrotope bankrupted their economy, I would think they couldn't afford to lose a spaceship.

By the way, there is a non-official Mission to Destiny thread buried on page five under the title A7 Giant Mushroom.

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Also, I've always wondered why Blake went to the trouble of teleporting back to the Destiny ship and rigging an explosive charge instead of just having Liberator destroy the hostile craft. Kendall stated how the cost of the neutrotope bankrupted their economy, I would think they couldn't afford to lose a spaceship.

That's true... It would make more sense if he teleported aboard the Ortega and asked Avon and Cally what was going on, found out more about the murders etc and THEN decided to mine the entry hatch... That would mean he didn't want to destroy the other craft until he knew more about the situation. But he didn't do that, he just turned up (to Avon and Cally's apparent surprise) and then went off to booby trap the hatch without even telling anyone what he was up to!

I suppose it did lead to a certain poetic justice that it was the greed of the other ship's crew that led to their own demise when Sara presumably opened the hatch for them to come aboard...

I hadn't thought about the value of the ship (I guess ships are ten a penny when it comes to getting blown up in sci-fi shows, although I bet the special effects crew don't see it that way!) but I agree with you there... It only needed a new "ison crystal"?_________________